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Effect of Alexithymia on Internet Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Metacognition Beliefs
Background: Previous studies have found that alexithymia plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Internet addiction. However, the effect of alexithymia on both metacognition and Internet addiction has yet to be examined. Methods: The Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Metacognition Questionnaire, and...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8784415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35082726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.788458 |
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author | Luo, Hongge Zhao, Yanli Hong, Jiangyue Wang, Hong Zhang, Xiujun Tan, Shuping |
author_facet | Luo, Hongge Zhao, Yanli Hong, Jiangyue Wang, Hong Zhang, Xiujun Tan, Shuping |
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description | Background: Previous studies have found that alexithymia plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Internet addiction. However, the effect of alexithymia on both metacognition and Internet addiction has yet to be examined. Methods: The Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Metacognition Questionnaire, and Internet Addiction Test were used to assess a sample of 356 college students. A parallel mediator effect analysis was applied to test the hypothesis that metacognition mediates the relationship between alexithymia and Internet addiction. Results: The parallel multiple mediator models showed that alexithymia predicted the five dimensions of metacognition and Internet addiction, and that three dimensions—cognitive confidence, positive beliefs about worry, and the need to control thoughts—partially mediated this relationship. Conclusion: Alexithymia could directly and indirectly predict Internet addiction via metacognition. |
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spelling | pubmed-87844152022-01-25 Effect of Alexithymia on Internet Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Metacognition Beliefs Luo, Hongge Zhao, Yanli Hong, Jiangyue Wang, Hong Zhang, Xiujun Tan, Shuping Front Psychol Psychology Background: Previous studies have found that alexithymia plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Internet addiction. However, the effect of alexithymia on both metacognition and Internet addiction has yet to be examined. Methods: The Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Metacognition Questionnaire, and Internet Addiction Test were used to assess a sample of 356 college students. A parallel mediator effect analysis was applied to test the hypothesis that metacognition mediates the relationship between alexithymia and Internet addiction. Results: The parallel multiple mediator models showed that alexithymia predicted the five dimensions of metacognition and Internet addiction, and that three dimensions—cognitive confidence, positive beliefs about worry, and the need to control thoughts—partially mediated this relationship. Conclusion: Alexithymia could directly and indirectly predict Internet addiction via metacognition. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8784415/ /pubmed/35082726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.788458 Text en Copyright © 2022 Luo, Zhao, Hong, Wang, Zhang and Tan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Luo, Hongge Zhao, Yanli Hong, Jiangyue Wang, Hong Zhang, Xiujun Tan, Shuping Effect of Alexithymia on Internet Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Metacognition Beliefs |
title | Effect of Alexithymia on Internet Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Metacognition Beliefs |
title_full | Effect of Alexithymia on Internet Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Metacognition Beliefs |
title_fullStr | Effect of Alexithymia on Internet Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Metacognition Beliefs |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Alexithymia on Internet Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Metacognition Beliefs |
title_short | Effect of Alexithymia on Internet Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Role of Metacognition Beliefs |
title_sort | effect of alexithymia on internet addiction among college students: the mediating role of metacognition beliefs |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8784415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35082726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.788458 |
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